(Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL. of 4 December 1980

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1 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 350/23 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 4 December 1980 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by rail, as part of regional statistics (SO/l 177/EEC) THE COUNCIL COMMUNITIES, OF THE EUROPEAN Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 2 13 thereof, Having regard to the draft Directive submitted by the Commission, Whereas, in order to secure adequate information on the rail freight traffic market, such statistical data should distinguish between the main traffic relations; Whereas the statistics already available in the different Member States on goods cahiage should be further harmonized at Community level; Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (I), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ( ), Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the proposed provisions, certain time limits should be laid down for providing the necessary statistical information; Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks entrusted to it under the Treaty, the Commission must have at its disposal consistent, synchronized and regular statistical data on the scale and development of the carriage of goods by rail in the Member States; whereas these data must be comparable both as between States and also with the data for other. modes of transport and must refer to national, international and transit traffic; Whereas, in view of the economic and environmental advantages of combined transport, the statistical data should distinguish separately such transport; ( ) OJ No C 85, , p. 75. ( ) OJ No C 300, , p. 3. Whereas the Commission should submit a report in order to enable the Council to examine the extent to which the objectives of this Directive can be attained by using the statistical data submitted; whereas it should therefore envisage the possibility of proposing improvements to the methods used in compiling these statistics; whereas the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, should decide on the introduction of statistics on international traffic between regions and separate statistics on full train loads; Whereas statistical data are necessary for ascertaining the scale and development of the carriage of goods; whereas the Community should therefore, for an initial period, make a financial contribution to Member States in respect of the work involved,

2 No L 3524 Official Journal of the European Communities HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 5. The first statistics shall be compiled from 1 January Article 1 1. Member -States shall compile statistics on the carriage of goods on the main railway networks in their territory open to public traffic. 2: For the purpose of this Directive, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter assigned to them : (a) main railway networks; all the railway lines and installations operated by the following administrations : SNCB/NMBS: Societe nationale des Chemins de fer belges/nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen, Belgium; DSB: Danske Statsbaner, Denmark; DB: Deutsche Bundesbahn, Federal Republic of Germany; OZE: Opyavtop6~ ~t6q306p6~6.w TflS EhhdcGo~, Greece; SNCF: Societe nationale des Chemins de fer francais, France; I CIE: Coras Iompair Eireann, Ireland; FS: Azienda Autonoma delle Ferrovie delle Stato, Italy; CFL: Societe nationale des Chemins de fer, luxembourgeois, Luxembourg; NS: Naamloze Vennootschap Nederlandsche Spoorwegen, Netherlands; BR: British Railways Board, United Kingdom; NIR: Northern Ireland Railway Company, United Kingdom. (b) Carriage of goods by rail; the movement of goods using railway vehicles between the place of loading and the place of unloading. 3. This Directive shall also apply to the carriage of goods in railway vehicles which cover part of the journey by ferry. 4. This Directive shall not apply to the carriage of goods by rail : - as service traffic for non-commercial purposes; - as passenger-accompanied luggage or cars; - as mail on behalf of postal administrations. Article 2 1. The following particulars shall be recorded in respect of the carriage of goods on the main railway networks : (a) the weight of the goods in tonnes; (b) the main traffic links, i.e.: - national traffic, where the goods are both loaded and unloaded within the same reporting Member State, irrespective of the route followed by the railway vehicle; - international traffic, where the goods are either loaded or unloaded, but not both, in the reporting Member State, distinguishing between goods loaded and goods unloaded; - transit traffic, where the goods pass through the reporting Member State without being loaded, unloaded or transhipped; (c) the type of consignment: - full wagon or full train load: consignment of goods, including bulk consignment of smalls, for which the exclusive use of a wagon or train is charged, whether or not the load capacity is fully used; - smalls : other consignments of including express and other parcels; (d) in respect of full wagon or full train loads: goods, the nature of the goo*ds according to the groups shown in the left hand column of Annex I; for national traffic, the national regions of loading and unloading in accordance with the geographical classification given in Annex II; for international and transit traffic, the countries of loading and unloading, as listed in Annex III; (e) the distance, in kilometres, covered on the main national railway networks. 2. The following additional particulars shall be established (on the basis of estimates where appropriate) in respect of combined transport on the main railway networks : (a) large containers, 6-1 m (20 feet) or more in external length: - the gross weight of the container and of the goods carried ;

3 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 350/25 - the number of containers empty and loaded; (b) road/rail carriage: lorries, trailers, semi-trailers (with or without tractor unit) and swop bodies: - the gross weight of goods transported, including the weight of the road vehicles, - the number of railway wagons loaded. Article 3 1. With the exception of information subject to statistical secrecy under national laws, the Member States shall communicate the statistical results to the Commission as soon as possible, and not later than four months after the end of the reference period involved. However, in the case of tables lb, 5b, 6b and 7 in Annex IV the time limit shall be extended to eight months. 2. The results shall be submitted using tables, modelled on the specimens set out in Annex IV. 2. Before 1 January 1985, the Commission shall submit to the Council a report on the experience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to this Directive, and shall propose any improvements necessary. 3, Within two years of the entry into force of this Directive, the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide on the introduction of statistics in respect of international traffic between regions and separate statistics on full train loads. Article 6 For the first three years in which the statistical returns provided for in this Directive are made, a financial contribution towards the expenditure incurred by the Member States shall be granted to them within the limit of the appropriations set aside for this purpose under the budget of the European Communities. 3. Results which are processed by computer may be submitted in a machine-readable form of a type and format to be determined by the Commission in consultation with the IMember States concerned. Article 4 1. The Member States shall submit to the Commission, before 3 1 December 198 1, a detailed description of the methods to be used for compiling the statistics with regard to the processing of data and the calculation of the figures for tonne-kilometres. 2. The Commission, in collaboration with the Member States, shall examine the methodological and technical problems involved in the compiling of the statistics in order to find solutions which make the data as consistent and comparable as possible. Article 7 The Member States shall take the measures pecessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 January Article 8 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 December Article j 1. The Commission shall publish the appropriate statistical results. For the Council The preside@ t J. BARTHEL

4 No L 350/26 Official Journal of the European Communities ANNEX I LIST OF GROUPS OF GOODS Groups of goods NST/R ( ) groups Description I Cereals, I Potatoes, other fresh or frozen fruit and vegetables Live animals, sugar beet * Woodkdcork ~~. Textiles, textile articles and man-made fibres, other raw animal and 6 :dde r 18 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits and fats 8 32, 33, 34 I Petroleum products 41,46 I Iron ore, iron and steel waste and blast furnace dust I Non-ferrous ores and waste Metal products 6 Cement, lime, manufactured building materials 61, 62, 63, 65 Crude and manufactured minerals I Manufactures of metal 95 Glass, glassware, ceramic products 23 96,97 Leather, textile, clothing, other manufactured articles Miscellaneous articles. ( ) Published by the Statistical Office of the European Communities (French version 1968).

5 / Official Journal of the European Communities No L 350/27 ANNEX I- GEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF REGIONS Belgium Denmark Vlaams gewest, excluding Antwerpen Antwerpen. RCgion wallonne Brussels gewest/rcgion bruxelloise Danmark Aquitaine. Midi-PyrCnCes Limousin Rhane-Alpes Auvergne Languedoc-Roussillon Provence-Alpes-C&e Corse Ireland. d Azur Federal Republic Greece of Germany Schleswig-Holstein Hamburg Nordostteil von Niedersachsen Westteil von Niedersachsen Stidbstteil von Niedersachsen Bremen (Land) Nordteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen Ruhrgebiet Stidwestteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen Ostteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen (Sieger- Sauerland und Ostteil von Westfalen) Nordteil von Hessen Stidteil von Hessen Nordteil von Rheinland-Pfalz Stidteil von Rheinland-Pfalz Nordbaden Stidbaden Wiirttemberg Nordbayern (Franken) Ostbayern (Oberpfalz und Niederbayern) Stidbayern (Schwaben und Oberbayern) Saarland Berlin (West) Italy Ireland Piemonte Valle d Aosta Liguria Lombardia Trentino-Alto Veneto Friuli-Venezia Emilia-Romagna Toscana Umbria Marche Lazio Campania Abruzzi Molise Puglia Basilicata Calabria Sicilia Sardegna Luxembourg Luxembourg Netherlands Adige Giulia France Jle-de-France Champagne-Ardennes Picardie Haute-Normandie Centre Basse-Normandie Bourgogne Nord-Pas-de-Calais Lorraine Alsace Franche-ComtC Pays de la Loire Bretagne Poitou-Charentes United Noord West, except Rijnmond und IJmond Rijnmond IJmond Zuidwest Zuid Oost Kingdom North Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia South East South West West Midlands North West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland

6 No L 350/28 Official Journal of the European Communities ANNEX III LIST OF COUNTRIES AND GROUPS OF COUNTRIES I. European Communities 0 1. Belgium. Denmark. Federal Republic of Germany 04. Greece 05. France 06. Ireland 07. Italy 08. Luxembourg. 09. Netherlands 10. United Kingdom II. Non-member States 11. Switzerland 12. Austria 13. Yugoslavia 14.. Turkey 15. Spain 16. Portugal 17. Norway 18. Sweden 19. Finland 20. USSR 2 I. German Democratic Republic 22. Poland 23. Czechoslovakia 24. Hungary 25. Romania 26. Bulgaria 27. Near and Middle Eastern countries 28. Other countries

7 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 350/29 ANNEX IV SPECIMEN TABLES TABLE la National and international traffic by group of goods Reporting country: Period (year) : Group of goods ( ) National traffic tonnes tkm ( ) Loadings tonnes International traffic Unloadings tkm ( ) tonnes tkm ( ) A. Full wagons/full trains A B. Smalls x x (A + B) ( ) See Annex I. x ( ) Tonnes-kilometres on the main railway network(s).

8 No. L 350/30 Official Journal of the European Communities, TABLE lb Transit traffic by group of goods Reporting country: Period (year) : Group of goods ( ) tonnes tkm ( ) A. Full wagons/full trains A B. Smalls (A + B) ( ) See Annex I. ( ) Tonnes-kilometres on the main railway network(s).

9 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 3531 TABLE 2 National intra- and inter-regional traffic ( ) : by regions of loading and unloading Reporting country: Period (year) : =... (Tonnes) Loading region ( ) Unloading region... (I) Full wagons and full trains only. ( ) The code for each region will be determined by the Commission in accorc Article 4 (2). nce with the procedure provided for in

10 No L 350/32 Official Journal of the European Communities TABLE 3 National traffic ( ): loadings and unloadings by region and by group of goods Reporting country: =... Period (year) : e... Region ( ) T Group of goods ( ) (Tonnes) A. Unloadings received from other regions A B. Loadings dispatched to other regions B (= A) C. Intra-regional, C A + B + C national (A + C = B + C) ( ) Full wagons and full trains only. ( ) The code for each region will be determined by the Commission in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 4 (2). ( ) See Annex I.

11 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 3533 TABLE 4a National traffic ( ): quantities carried by groups of goods and by distance class in tonnes Reporting country: ~... Period (year) : a... (Tonnes) Distance class Group of goods ( ) otal - 49 km km km 500 km - ( ) Full wagons and full trains only. ( ) See Annex I.

12 No L 3534 Official Journal of the European Communities TABLE 4b National traffic ( ) : tonnes-kilometres performed by group of goods and by distance class Reporting country: Period (year) : Distance class Group of goods ( ) - 49 km km km 500 km L ( ) Full wagons and full trains only. ( ) See Annex I.

13 Official Journal of the European Communities NoL 3535 TABLE 5a International traffic ( ): quantities carried on the main railway network(s) by country and by groups of goods Reporting country:,...=...,...~=... Period (year) : Country 4 ) =I- Groups of goods -( )... (Tonnes) A. Unloadings received from: B. Loadings dispatched to: (A + B) ( ) Full wagons and full trains only. ( ) See Annex III. ( ) See Annex I.

14 NoL 3536 Official Journal of the European Communities TABLE 5b Transit traffic (I): quantities carried on the main railway network(s) by country of loading and unloading Reporting country: Period (year) : *... loading tonnes (I) Transit without transhipment, by full wagons and full trains. ( ) See Annex III.

15 Official Journal of the European Communities -~ No L 350/37. TABLE 6a International trafsic ( ) : tonnes-kilometres performed on the main railway network(s) by country and by groups of goods Reporting country: =... Period (year) : (tonnes-kilometres) Country ( ) Groups of goods ( )... A. Unloadings received from: B. Loadings dispatched to: (A + B) ( ) Full wagons and full trains only. ( ) See Annex III. ( ) See Annex I.

16 NoL 35OL38 Official Journal of the European Communities TABLE 6b Transit traffic (I): tonnes-kilometres performed on the main railway network(s) by country of loading and unloading Reporting country: ~... Period (year) loading Country ( ) of unloading tkm I ( ) Transit without transhipment, by full wagons and full trains. ( ) See Annex III.

17 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 350/39 TABLE 7 National, international and transit railway traffic of large containers and road goods vehicles Reporting country: ==... Period (year) t- Number Nta;;;l - t Loadings International traffic Unloadings Transit without (transhipment) tonnes ( ) Number tonnes ( ) Number tonnes ( ) Number tonnes ( ) Number tonnes ( ) A. LARGE CONTAINERS (i) Loaded containers (ii) Empty containers B. *ROAD/RAIL T ( ) ( 1 ( ) Tonnes including weight of container or road goods vehicle. ( ) Number of railway wagons loaded with road goods vehicles (lorries, trailers, semi-trailers (with or without tractor unit) and swop bodies).

18 NoL 3540 Official Journal of the European Communities TABLE 8 National and international traffic (I): quantities carried on the main railway network(s)-transport link relation Reporting country: Period (month) : Transport link Tonnes A. National traffic B. Unloadings received from ( ) : C. Loadings dispatched to (*): (A + B + C) ( ) Full wagons and full trains only. ( ) See Annex III.